The same enthusiasm, however, was not shown by transgender voters located in other parts of the country. In totality, only 17 percent voters from this community cast their votes in the first phase in India.

As per the report of the Election Commission, only 1395 (17.94 percent) voters from this community out of their total 7,774 registered cast their votes in the first phase.

Reports said none of the single transgender voters turned up at the polling booth to cast their votes in Jammu and Kashmir.

Similarly, none out of five eunuchs participated in voting process in Sikkim and Mizoram while in Uttar Pradesh only 42 out of total 826 cast their votes.

In Mumbai and Uttrakhand, the state election office had even declared eunuchs as brand ambassadors to encourage their participation in polling process yet they didn’t show interest in joining the voting process.

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